[ADXA] Tower Power

[Jon W. Reynolds]

Well, that was what my impression of wait time needed to be to appease the concrete folks. But secondary excuse is I have a convention this weekend, and I'm not off work again until the next Saturday coming around!

Get in there and convention 'em!

Jon
KI5UCZ

-------- Original Message --------
On Thursday, 11/06/25 at 16:43 Dennis Tune <dennis_tune at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Looks good...Just curious why you need to wait 7 days before you stack?...
>
> Dennis Tune W5DM
>
> On Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 01:44:46 PM PST, M Davis via ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
> Don’t forget to apply liberal amount of fertilizer to the new antenna farm. It should really help it grow :-)
> mark
>
>> On Nov 6, 2025, at 2:59 PM, Jon W. Reynolds via ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>> I'll try picture again, and I'll add the rebar cage, 40' of no 5 rebar, 3 x 8' ground rods (2 I cut of when they stopped hammering down, and the cut offs hammered down the side walls of the hole).
>>
>> I'm in the market for one more section to get me to 44' but I have a 7 day waiting period before I can stack it anyway. Not in a big hurry
>>
>> Jon
>> KI5UCZ
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> On Thursday, 11/06/25 at 14:35 Jussi Eloranta <eloranta at aa6kj.hopto.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jon,
>>>
>>> The concrete for my project came in by a concrete truck. It would have been too much to make it from bags.
>>>
>>> I used quickrete to mount a wooden pole next to the base. Quickrete will suck water out of ground and air, so I just dumped quickrete into the hole. Perhaps just a tiny bit of water over it. I never mix it before pouring.
>>>
>>> Jussi (aa6kj)
>>>
>>> Nov 6, 2025 2:25:45 PM Jon W. Reynolds via ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net>:
>>>
>>>> Phase 2: complete!
>>>> 62 bags of 80# quikcrete and 2 hours and 18 minutes later... we have a planted tower base! I'm definitely feeling it today, but not unbearable.
>>>> Jussi, what did you water yours with, and do you have any more left over? :)
>>>>
>>>> Jon
>>>> KI5UCZ
>>
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